Well let's move to a less obvious situation. I feel that unpacking Psalm 22:3, "[God] inhabitest the praises of Israel" (KJV), is going to be most helpful here.

In Pentecostal circles Psalm 22:3 expresses a general (objective) principle that God's presence comes to us when we praise Him, in a way more than the normal presence of God, especially with respect to miraculous gifts flowing.

Does God Inhabit the Praises of His People? An Examination of Psalm 22:3, Matthew Sikes, 10/4/2020, https://artistictheologian.com/2020/04/10/does-god-inhabit-the-praises-of-his-people-an-examination-of-psalm-223/, quoting from Darlene Zschech; from Artistic Theologian: Journal of Church Music and Worship, Vol 8, 2020, pp5–22. It has therefore become the normal experience of Pentecostal churches to begin services with an extended period of praise and worship (they distinguish between these), essentially in order to bring about the increased presence of God for the manifestation of the Spirit's work.

However, looking at the history of the Pentecostal movement, the experience of Pentecostal services, and Psalm 22 itself, we can see that there's a better way to understand all this.

Objectively wrong: my experience must be yours

Pentecostals have a tendency to take what is relative, like "you should give $50 to the missions fund", and make it into an objective rule for all people. It goes like this:

1. You hear something from God or have an encounter with God;

2. Someone else confirms this by relating a similar story, or you have a few experiences just like it yourself;

3. You teach it as if it is a general principle that all people should do or expect.

So you speak in tongues, and then a few others speak in tongues, and pretty soon, you believe everyone should speak in tongues. It becomes a rule that is taught that everyone who is baptised in the Spirit should be expected to speak in tongues.

Another very common generalisation is that in healing. Christians may use a set of phrases or mannerisms like "Be healed" or "I command you to be healed", in an authoritative way, and on several different occasions people may get healed. The average Pentecostal concludes that this is the way that God wants to heal someone. It becomes a rule. At this point, the Christian is not trusting in God for what to do, but in that phrase, technique, mannerism, or person who is doing it. They chase that person for another experience, instead of continuing to listen to the Spirit—and just like that, they've forgotten God.

My third example is that of praying a prayer to be saved. While we all need to cry out to God to be saved, the use of specific words, coupled with an aggressive push to say them, and the tendency to pronounce a definite salvation regardless of lack of fruit is nothing like what you read in Scripture. Does the Spirit move by formula? No! A person must be ready to take up their cross! Now, some are ready to repent, but just because it 'worked' before, we should not generalise. What we do currently is like an older man telling a younger man how to 'win the girl' by saying some one liner ("it's worked for lots of other people"). Then, when you've got her on a date, you just tell her that you know that she'll die for you and you know that you're a sinner—and she'll marry you on the spot, because knowing facts about her demonstrates deep trust! (That was a sarcastic comment.)

So, where is the truth in all this?

1. God has asked me to do something: but that might not be what he wants you to do.

2. God is in control and wants us to come to him freshly: not to find laws that even God has to obey (there are no such spiritual laws—that's Gnostic or witchcraft).

3. God uses our imperfections and inadequacies, so don't put too much weight on any one thing. Use what is clearer – the Word – to interpret what is unclear.

In practice, just like I as someone gifted in thinking things through need the energy and spirituality of my Pentecostal friends to teach me about the Spirit, so also they need people like me in their lives to help them think through their experiences and ground them in the Word, redirecting any misdirections back to Christ. We're a body; we need each other.